Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . s thus a curious similarity inthe distances between the members of the group of stones taken asa whole. The bearing (taken with a prismatic compass on 26 ) from the centre of the opening between stones Nos. 3 and 4over the top of stone No. 1 and through the standing gallaun was230°. The measurements of the stones are as follows :—^ Height Width(of inner face) Thickness No. 1. 3 9 3 0 0 9 „ 2. 3 9 2 0 1 0 „ 3. .* 4 8 2 0 1 2 „ 4. 4 4 2 3 1 2 „ 5. 4 7 1 7 1 3 No. 1 is a round-topped stone, thin and flat, and very Hke arough tombst
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . s thus a curious similarity inthe distances between the members of the group of stones taken asa whole. The bearing (taken with a prismatic compass on 26 ) from the centre of the opening between stones Nos. 3 and 4over the top of stone No. 1 and through the standing gallaun was230°. The measurements of the stones are as follows :—^ Height Width(of inner face) Thickness No. 1. 3 9 3 0 0 9 „ 2. 3 9 2 0 1 0 „ 3. .* 4 8 2 0 1 2 „ 4. 4 4 2 3 1 2 „ 5. 4 7 1 7 1 3 No. 1 is a round-topped stone, thin and flat, and very Hke arough tombstone ; the others are either irregularly triangular orquadrilateral. (2) On the same sheet of the , and a little to the north-west of the monument just described there is marked a StoneCircle. I visited this object some time ago with Mr. MichaelMurphy, solicitor, of Cork, to whom I am indebted for the photo 1 The plan is only approximately to scale, as the monument was not surveyedwith a theodolite. Plate XXXIII ] [To face page ,>ir,. MUSHERA BEG STONE CIRCLE -mJ^ .W^!»
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